Mason&#39;s line holder



April 7, 1942. G, PERRY 2,278,735

MASONS LINE HOLDER Filed Oct. 18, 1940 Patented Apr. 7, 1942 UNITEDSTATES OFFICE MASONS LINE HOLDER Gilbert Perry, Brewster, N. Y.

Application October 18, 1940, Serial No. 361,778

1 Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in a masons line holder.

The object of the invention is to provide a a device of this characterwhich can be readilyattached and detached from the bricks and the linepositively held in close contact with the side or end of the, bricks andheld taut and form a guide for the proper laying of the interveningbricks.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter simple in construction, easily applied and detached andcheaply manufactured by modern machinery.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a perspective View of apartially constructed brick wall, showing my device in use thereon;

Figure 2 is an end view of a brick, showing the device applied thereto,with the line extending along the side edge thereof;

Figure 3 is a side view of a brick, showing the device applied theretowith the line extending along the end edge thereof;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a modified form of the device;

Figure 5 is a top plan view of Figure 4, showing in full lines, the armshown in dotted lines in Figure 4.

Referring now to the drawing, l and 2 represent the two operatinghandles of my improved device; and, as shown, are provided withlaterally inwardly extending offset ears 3 and 4, pivoted together at 5.Arranged between the handles I and 2, and below the pivot, is acontracting coil spring 6, having one end I secured to the handle I, andthe opposite end 8 secured to the handle 2, whereby the lower ends ofthe handles are normally drawn together, for the purpose laterdescribed. The lower ends of the handles below the spring 6 are eachprovided with laterally turned arms 9 and I0, extending outwardly in thesame plane when applied to a brick, as clearly shown in Figure 2 of thedrawing, The outer ends of the arms 9 and Ill are provided with thedownwardly extending gripping portions H and I2, havin upwardly turnedportions 13 and M, lying flat against the portion :3

H and 12. The upper ends of the portions l3 and I4 terminate a shortdistance below the lower face of the arms 9 and I0, leaving the spacesl5 and it, through which a line may be readily passed, as indicated atH, in Figure 2 of the drawing.

Pivoted to the arm m, at I8, is an arm l9, which normally lies fiat onthe arm Ill, and is of a length slightly greater than the same. Theouter end of the'arm I 9 is turned downwardly at right angles, asindicated at 20, with its lower end turned upwardly at 2!, leaving thespace 22 in the same relative relation to the arm as the spaces I5 andHi.

In the modified form of the device, shown in Figures 4 and 5 of thedrawing, the arms 23 and 2% correspond to the arms 9 and Ill of thepreferred form. Th arms 23 and 24 are provided with upwardly curvedportions 25 and 26, having their upper ends drawn together at 21 and 28,and through which the pivot 29 passes. Between the outwardly curvedportions 25 and 26 is a contracting coil spring 30, having their ends 3iand 32 secured in openings 33 and 34. The operation of the modificationis exactly the same as that of the preferred form. The arm 23 haspivoted thereto, at 35, the arm 36, constructed exactly the same as thearm I9 of the preferred form, and operating in the same manner.

By this structure, itwill be seen that the de vice can be readilyapplied to the side wallsof the brick and firmly clamped thereto, asshown inFigure 1 or the drawing. When in this position, the line is helddirectly opposite the corner of the brick between the upper face and theside edges. When the bricks being laid extend transversely of the wall,the device is applied in exactly the same manner, but the arm I9 isswung on its pivot l8, at right angles to the arm, and the downwardlyturned portion 20 will lie against the end of the brick and hold theline against the corner edge of the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A line holder, comprising two pivoted arms, a single or common pivot forboth arms, a contracting coil spring arranged between the arms belowsaid pivot and havin its ends passing through openings in the .arms,laterally turned portions carried by the lower ends of the arms belowthe spring and arranged in the same plane, right angle gripping portionscarried by the outer ends of the laterally turned portions and havingtheir lower ends turned upwardly against gripping portion carried by thelast named arm and having its lower end turned upwardly to form a linereceiving space, whereby the same may be swung outwardly against the endof a 6 brick to hold a line against the same.

GILBERT PERRY.

